Star Trek was fantastic. The ending was just a tad anti-climactic, but that's alright. The performances were wonderful and the story was great. Unlike the last film, it actually had a feel of classic Trek to it. The 3D was also fairly well-done, definitely not at the same level as Avatar and Prometheus, though.

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When "John Harrison" revealed himself to be Khan, the theater went up in applause...

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Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 7:37 am

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So I saw it last night. Star Trek I mean.

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I'll say this, I had stated to friends that the only things I thought could make it better than the first one would be Kahn and Tribbles and I got both of those things. It was more exciting and better acted than the first one if a bit less tightened in plot. It seemed some things were put together just to have them there. A psycho in the fleet, Kahn the superhumman, Klingons, Leonard Nemoy, there was a ton going on. I enjoyed it but in reflection it feels like they pushed the limits. They knew when to quit but they cut it close.

Kahn is Star Trek villainy. He's Kirk's ultimate enemy, he's cold and perfect as a human, and he's willing to do anything it takes to achieve his goals. Cumberbatch nailed it, but I had no worries about that. It was only the fact that he didn't truly seem an antagonist till the very end that kind of bothered me, we knew it was coming but it took forever to get there.

The only things that truly bothered me were Spock yelling "Kaaaaahn!" (too cheesy in the moment, even for a throwback) and the fact that it was too theme heavy. I got that it was a movie about Kirk learning to be a better captain and learning what that truly means, but did they have to batter me with it over and over? It was seriously brought up every 15 minutes of screen time or so, it became ridiculous.

Other than those things it was awesome. I was once again completely into the entire premise and loved the visuals and performances. It continues to build good tributes to the original stories while taking its own twists and turns.

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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 10:38 am

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I saw Iron Man 3 last night.

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I thought it was an okay movie. I was glad they took Tony Stark's character in a new direction after he was pretty much stagnant in Iron Man 2. Honestly, I wanted to see more of the suit. I didn't mind as much in TDKR because I love Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale's portrayal of Bruce Wayne so much that I honestly don't care whether he's in the suit or not, but I can't say the same about Tony Stark. Darn it, I want to see metal. It was cool to see him building things out of scraps like in the first movie though. I thought the twist was awesome, but then I'm not a comic fan so I can get away with enjoying things like that. And about the ending... does this mean that Iron Man is no more (at least Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man)? I wonder if superheroes hanging up (or blowing up) their costume will become a trend now after TDKR.

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Some of of throwbacks seemed a little overdone (was it necessary to shove Carol Marcus into the proceedings?), but not to the point where it was distracting or took away from the movie. I'm a little sad that they didn't give Uhura something more to work with than "annoyed girlfriend", but even she came off as pretty well rounded. The acting improved from the first film all around and the effects were awesome.

As for Iron Man...

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I flat out disliked it. While I appreciated the deeper look into Tony's psyche and its effect on his relationship with Pepper, as well the fake out involving the Mandarin, I found Killian to be an overblown and disappointing villain. Not sure if this makes much sense, but I'm all right with things being ridiculous to an extent in a movie like Thor, but Iron Man has always boiled down to a non-super powered guy in a suit and I just couldn't seem to get out board with genetic modifications and people literally overheating and exploding being thrown into the mix. But I do have to say that the after credits scene was sheer brilliance.

Some of of throwbacks seemed a little overdone (was it necessary to shove Carol Marcus into the proceedings?), but not to the point where it was distracting or took away from the movie. I'm a little sad that they didn't give Uhura something more to work with than "annoyed girlfriend", but even she came off as pretty well rounded. The acting improved from the first film all around and the effects were awesome.

Speaking as somewhat of a minor Trekkie...

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Heck yes Carol Marcus was important. That's Kirk's baby mama (wow...typing that felt so stupid it hurt), gotta introduce her. The only throwback that bothered me was Spock yelling "KAHN!" It felt more organic than it did in the original but because the original was so ridiculous and its become a pop culture icon for it I couldn't take that moment seriously.

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I'll admit that she didn't really do anything but I feel like introducing her is important in and of itself. Perhaps making her more background would have helped.

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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 8:42 am

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I thought Star Trek Into Darkness was great. I liked it better than the previous film.

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And I absolutely loved the fact that Spock yelled Khan. I thought the role reversal was great. And I liked how Khan was sort of gray until the end. Up to that point, I wasn't sure if he was an all out badguy or just someone at cross purposes. Would have been nice if they could have kept him more gray, but I still liked it.

But overall, I like it all: the acting, the musical score, the story, the action, the directing, it was all good in my opinion._________________
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:10 am

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I absolutely loved Star Trek Into Darkness!

As someone who's seen every movie, pretty much every episode, and was huge into the broader Star Trek lore for a while, I spent the entire movie grinning from ear to ear.

It's the little things. Like having models of the ring-nacelled Enterprise, the NX-01 Enterprise, and the NX-prototype (as well as the Kelvin and the new Enterprise) on Pike's desk, or references to the Gorn. Some might call it pandering, I call it attention to detail._________________"I'm...from Earth."

I flat out disliked it. While I appreciated the deeper look into Tony's psyche and its effect on his relationship with Pepper, as well the fake out involving the Mandarin, I found Killian to be an overblown and disappointing villain. Not sure if this makes much sense, but I'm all right with things being ridiculous to an extent in a movie like Thor, but Iron Man has always boiled down to a non-super powered guy in a suit and I just couldn't seem to get out board with genetic modifications and people literally overheating and exploding being thrown into the mix. But I do have to say that the after credits scene was sheer brilliance.

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I felt the same about the weird powers. They seemed really out of place in the Iron Man world.

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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 7:55 pm

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Reepicheep wrote:

Queen Padmè Skywalker wrote:

As for Iron Man...

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I flat out disliked it. While I appreciated the deeper look into Tony's psyche and its effect on his relationship with Pepper, as well the fake out involving the Mandarin, I found Killian to be an overblown and disappointing villain. Not sure if this makes much sense, but I'm all right with things being ridiculous to an extent in a movie like Thor, but Iron Man has always boiled down to a non-super powered guy in a suit and I just couldn't seem to get out board with genetic modifications and people literally overheating and exploding being thrown into the mix. But I do have to say that the after credits scene was sheer brilliance.

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I felt the same about the weird powers. They seemed really out of place in the Iron Man world.

Am I the only one super mad at...

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The absolute travesty of the Mandarin thing?

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The fire thing kind of bothered me as well. He breathed fire, it felt like a Thor thing but not an Iron Man thing. The only thing I truly dug was the absolute fantastic character work they did with Tony Stark. Oh and I felt like the child actor who wasn't painfully bad was definitely a bonus as well.

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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 7:46 am

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Caedus_16 wrote:

Reepicheep wrote:

Queen Padmè Skywalker wrote:

As for Iron Man...

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I flat out disliked it. While I appreciated the deeper look into Tony's psyche and its effect on his relationship with Pepper, as well the fake out involving the Mandarin, I found Killian to be an overblown and disappointing villain. Not sure if this makes much sense, but I'm all right with things being ridiculous to an extent in a movie like Thor, but Iron Man has always boiled down to a non-super powered guy in a suit and I just couldn't seem to get out board with genetic modifications and people literally overheating and exploding being thrown into the mix. But I do have to say that the after credits scene was sheer brilliance.

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I felt the same about the weird powers. They seemed really out of place in the Iron Man world.

Am I the only one super mad at...

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The absolute travesty of the Mandarin thing?

I loved that part of the movie. I was genuinely surprised by it, and took me off guard, forced me to re-think about the story on the fly. Movies have trouble doing that, I find.

Same with the similar twist in Star Trek Into Darkness._________________"I'm...from Earth."